Getting your player ready...
• Minnesota hired Ted Roof as defensive coordinator, putting the former Duke coach in charge of a unit that gave up more yards than any other team in major college football.
• The Seattle Storm signed former WNBA MVP Sheryl Swoopes to a contract for the upcoming season.
• All-star Rebekkah Brunson and fellow forward Nicole Powell signed four-year contracts with the Sacramento Monarchs.
• Norway’s Kjetil Backen was the first to leave the checkpoint at Rainy Pass one day after the start of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.
